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Published: June 26th 2015
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We continued our drive north, more very flat land with the jagged mountains of Kaputer National park in the distant east. There were huge silos everywhere and paddocks had plantings of possibly grain and cotton as far as the eye could see. We knew we were in cotton country by the fluffy bits of cotton edging the highway.
Just before Narrabri our road joined with the Newell Highway which meant a lot more B Doubles and three carriage road trains travelling between Queensland and NSW. We stopped for lunch at Moree - this is artesian water country and home of warm springs. We had intended staying the night in a caravan park with their own hot water pool, but as it was the middle of the day, we decided we'd just have a look at Moree and then keep driving north. More of the same - flat ground, newly planted green grain endlessly in the distance, huge silos everywhere and the stubble of cut cotton.
We crossed the border into Queensland at Goondawindi, made famous by the winning racehorse, Gundsynd, the Goondawindi Grey. It's quite a big town - we drove up and down, seeing the sights and then
visited the Goondawindi Cotton shop, nice things and good sales - Doug bought a t shirt. We decided we'd stay there overnight at the caravan park.
After driving around Goondawindi again in the morning, we hit the highway. At a fork we had to decide - Toowoomba or Moonie. We decided we'd head up the Moonie Highway, a road less travelled - and that made all the difference! The land was still very flat, paddocks going forever planted with grain or the remains of their cotton crop but the highway was edged with scrub - gums, cyprus trees that would make very nice little Christmas trees in the living room, the beautiful black trunked, blue/grey leaves of the ironbark and the flowering golden wattle.
It was numbingly boring, kilometre after kilometre of a long flat road - we'd cheer when we'd come to a rise in the road. We were surprised to see quite a lot of cactus growing amongst the scrub. Time to once more enlist the services of the Cactoblastis Caterpillar
https://www.travelblog.org/Oceania/Australia/Queensland/Dalby/blog-506368.html When we came to a road and a sign to Tara, we decided we must go there. This road was still
flat and very straight - 40 kilometres of Nullaboresque type road. Tara was a neat little country town, we sent photos to our Tara as her name was on every building. They have their Tara Festival complete with camel races from 31st July - once more we're too early! We parked under gums by a nice little lagoon and had lunch, before heading to Dalby, a big, flat, busy town with a lot of trucks and road trains passing through.
The last leg of our trip today was from Dalby to Kingaroy. Now the country became much more interesting, undulating, and paddocks of red volcanic soil - ideal for Kingaroy's main crop - peanuts. We had a quick look around town and then booked into the caravan park. Tomorrow we'll explore the town more, meanwhile, it's a beautiful sunset - another lovely day tomorrow!
Bon Voyage T.E.A.M. Have a wonderful time in Hawaii!
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